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Deepak Kaul1, Deepti Malik2, Sameena Wani2
1Molecular Biology Unit, Experimental Medicine & Biotechnology Department, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India. dkaul_24@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
Cross-talk between coding RNAs and regulatory non-coding microRNAs, within human genome, has provided compelling evidence for the existence of flexible checkpoint control of T-Cell activation. The present study attempts to demonstrate that the interplay between miR-2909 and its effector KLF4 gene has the inherent capacity to regulate genes coding for CTLA4, CD28, CD40, CD134, PDL1, CD80, CD86, IL-6 and IL-10 within normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Based upon these findings, we propose a pathway that links miR-2909 RNomics with the genes coding for immune checkpoint regulators required for the maintenance of immune homeostasis.
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